Road marker



L. H. SMITH.

ROAD MARKER.

APPLICATION FILED APILZI, 1922.

Patented Aug. 22, 1922.

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LLOYD HUDSON SMITH, OF WACO, TEXAS ASSIGNOR TO TEXAS STEEL HIGHWEYY MARKER ASSOCIATION, OF WACO, TEXAS.

ROAD MARKER.

Application filed April 21,

sidin at Waco, in the county of McLennan and tate of Texas, have invented a new and useful Road Marker, of which the following is a specification.

This invention aims to provide a simple device whereby roads may be marked throughout a state, proper information being given as to bends, cross roads, bridges, and the like, which are in advance, the device being so constructed that it may be manufactured cheaply and without the expenditure of much labor and be well adapted to withstand hard use.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the invention appertains.

I do not bind myself to the specific details shown, since a mechanic, working within the scope of what is claimed, may make changes without altering the device in essential points, departing from the spirit, or avoiding the charge of infringement.

Figure 1 shows in elevation, a device constructed in accordance with the invention; Figure 2 is a longitudinal section; Figure 3 is a cross section taken approximately on theline 3-3 of F igure 2; and Figure 4 is a diagrammatic elevation illustrating the way in which the material is cut to form the standard.

In carrying out the invention, there is provided a standard 1, which may be in the form of a piece of pipe if desired, the lower end of the standard ordinarily being mounted in an anchor 2, the anchor being seated in the ground in such a position that the device may be readily visible to a person traveling on the highway. The upper end of the standard 1 is cut away as shown at 3 to form a reduced arm 4 at the upper end of the standard, and to form a transverse shoulder 5 at the lower end of the arm. A vertical seat or notch 6 is cut in the shoulder 5, in alinement with the inner edge of the arm 4-. The numeral 7 marks main plate, which may be or" rectangular outline or any other form. The main plate 7 abuts against the arm 4, the lower edge of the plate fitting in the seat 6. Securing elements 8, assembled with the standard. 1

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 22, 1922.

1922. Serial no. 555,929.

and with the arm thereof, hold the plate 7 in place. The plate 7 carries a marker 9 of any desired sort, giving information concerning that portion of the road which lies ahead. The mark may be of any conventional or known form, to indicate turns, cross roads, bridges, bad spots, railroad crossings, schools, places of public entertainment, and the like. The plate 7 may be inscribed with a legend 10 which may be the name of the trail or road, advertis- .ing material, or anything else. Auxiliary plates 11 are held by securing elements'12 on the standard 1. One of these plates 11 may be inscribed, as indicated at 14, with information concerning the distance to a nearby town or the like. The other plate 11 may be marked with an abbreviation 15 designating the name of the trail.

The device may be colored in any desired way, and in any preferred combination of hues to conform to standard regulations relative to the trail or road or for any other purpose.

Owing to the fact that the main plate 7 is mounted on the standard 1 in the par ticular way described, practically the entire surface of the plate is available for inscriptions of any kind, and, at the same time, the plate is held securely on the standard 1.

As shown in Figure l, the pipe or other member 16 out of which the standard 1 is formed, may be cut longitudinally as at 17, and then cut transversely in opposite directions as at 18 in spaced relation to the ends of the longitudinal cut 17. The result is the formation of the arm 4, the shoulder 5 and the notch 63. It is to be observed that no material is wasted, and that one series of cuts will form the upper ends of two standards.

What is claimed'is 2-- 1. In a device of the class described, a

standard. cut away at its upper end to form 1 a reduced arm and to form a transverse shoulder at the lower end of the arm, the shoulder having a seat; a plate abutting against the arm and received in the seat; and means for securing the plate to the standard.

2. A method of making a standard in a device of the class described, the method consisting providin a member with a longitudinal cut, endi then providing the as my own, I have hereto efixed my signasaid; nember with transverse cuts, extended ture in the presence of two Witnesses. inwar 1 in opposite direcsiens and coml municagng with the longitudinal out, the LLUYD HUDSUN SMITH 5 transverse cuts being spaced from the ends Witnesses:

of the longitudinal out, LEWIS HIGH,

In testimony that I claim the foregoing T. H. MUNNERLYN. 

